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A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star

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№ 288

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17 March 2021

Hammer Price:
£240

Three: Corporal S. G. Edgar, 1st/10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

1914 Star (1193 Cpl. S. G. Edgar. 10/L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1193 Cpl. S. G. Edgar. L’pool R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘69559’, complete with chain and support pin; and an Association of Conservative Clubs Medal for Distinguished Service, enamelled, the reverse inscribed, ‘S. G. Edgar 1950’, with ‘Five Year’ clasp and ‘Distinguished Service’ brooch bar, good very fine and better (5) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Septimus Gaythwaite Edgar was born in 1879 in Cleator, Cumberland and attested for the 10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) on 22 April 1908 at Liverpool. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 November 1914 and was invalided back to England in May 1915. Corporal Edgar was discharged on 21 April 1916 on the termination of his engagement following the receipt of a Medical Rejection Certificate and was awarded a Silver War Badge.